>Yes, Geoff, but that is in connection with the 20th century - my bunting
>room appeared in the late 17th century when I am sure they did not celebrate
>events with what we call bunting today.

>From: "Geoff Lewin BLAXALL" <>
>
>> Maybe I'm a bit thick, but Bunting for me has always been those itsy bitsy
>flag-like squares & triangles on long tapes that one strings up on VE-Day,
>VJ-Day and similar village jaunts/celebrations ???

Just to throw another stone in the pond to see how far the ripples spread:

I did a search for 'Bunting' on www.Dictionary.com. One of the hits suggested an alternative form of the word in 'Buntine'. Bunting/buntine was/is a name for finely sifted flour. It speculates the sieving was done using a woollen cloth which today is used mainly for making flags. <I paraphrase>.